Old Tawny Ports

10 Years Old Tawny is a light, medium tawny-colored wine. The aroma is clean, showing a good balance of sweetness and acidity mingled with a soft nuttiness permeating through the rich complexity of wood-aged wine. It is round and delicate on the palate, yet crisp and lively with a soft, mellow...

20 Years Old Tawny port is a golden-colored tawny, denoting a wine of considerable age. Very nutty and aromatic on the nose, it is a wine that has reached a high degree of smoothness through many years in wood. While very mellow and concentrated on the palate, it shows plenty of...

Peter and Charles Symington select young wines of great style and body for setting aside and maturing in oak, over many years. During the ageing, the Ports gradually lose the full, deep red colour of their youth and take on the classic amber hue, which gives them their name. Superb light...

Light amber and tawny colour, showing mature raisiny fruit aromas with hints of honey and caramel. Dow’s Twenty Years Old Tawny has a rich and nutty palate, with wonderful balance. A clean crisp finish and a soft lingering aftertaste make this an unforgettable Port on any occasion.

Dow’s is owned and managed by the fourth generation of the Symington family. Port producers since the 19th Century. The family, whose experience dates back over 100 years, supervises all the vineyards, winemaking and ageing of this wine. Dow’s owns two of the Douro’s finest Quintas, Senhora da Ribeira and Bomfim....

Dow’s is owned and managed by the fourth generation of the Symington family. Port producers since the 19th Century. The family, whose experience dates back over 100 years, supervises all the vineyards, winemaking and ageing of this wine. Dow’s owns two of the Douro’s finest Quintas, Senhora da Ribeira and Bomfim....

It was once observed that it is easier to make a fine vintage port than a fine old tawny. Forecasting a young wine's development up to four decades in the future; blending to preserve, initially, the wine's freshness over time and, later, the style of the final blend; and finally, the...

During their long maturing period in oak casks, Old Tawnies undergo subtle colour changes. The deep red hue which characterises a Port’s purple infancy gradually gives way to a paler red. It then becomes amber paler still and eventually takes on a delicate brown, orange tinted colour. GRAPE VARIETIES The grapes...

The flagship of Graham’s old Tawnies is the Over Forty Years Old. This rich and powerful old Port is the truly superb result of a lifetime’s care and attention. It is available only in very limited quantities. During their long maturing period in oak casks, Old Tawnies undergo subtle colour changes....

Kopke 10 Year is the result of a thorough selection of wines kept in oak casks and aging an average of 10 Years. With a brown-tawny color; it reveals dry fruits, honey and spice aromas. In the mouth it is soft, complex and lingers. Ideal to serve together with ice creams,...

Several battles were won with other types of tawny, but ultimate victory came within sight with the 20 years Port and the war was finally won with the 30 years. Harmonising these old wines, which are full of personality and character, is not an easy task. In the tasting room, decisions...

The Quinta do Bom Retiro exists in a unique setting in the world, the Douro. Extended in the 18th century by Luís Beleza de Andrade, one of the founders of the Pombaline Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro, and bought in 1919 by Casa Ramos Pinto, this Quinta...

10 YEAR OLD TAWNY An exceptionally fine old tawny blend, aged for an average of 10 years in oak casks. Elegant and smooth, combining delicate wood notes and rich mellow fruit, it is bottled for immediate drinking. Excellent with soft cheeses such as brie; and a superb dessert wine, particularly with...

20 YEAR OLD TAWNY Another magnificent and finely-balanced tawny of outstanding richness and complexity. The additional ten years of aging produces a fine balance between the rich, raisiny fruit and the nutty, honeyed finish - a taste to linger over. This rare port is traditionally enjoyed as a dessert wine or...

40 YEAR OLD TAWNY An incredible example of an old Tawny port. A rarity, as few houses will make a 40 year old tawny. This wine is olive gold in colour with rich caramel, butterscotch, hazelnut flavours. The concentration in this port also produces a wine with amazing length, which lingers...

An aged 10 Year Old Tawny Port with a light delicate palate, challenging the perception of Port as a dark and full-bodied after dinner drink. Warre’s Otima has a groundbreaking contemporary design with broad consumer appeal, whose radically different packaging was produced to appeal to younger drinkers. GRAPE VARIETIES: The grapes...

Warre’s launch of Otima 10 & 20 Year Old Tawny caused a revolution in Port that introduced a completely new concept to consumers, helping to rejuvenate Port’s image in the main markets. Otima is now widely acknowledged as the most successful new development in the Port trade for over 25 years....

30 YEAR OLD TAWNY Only every two or three years is a reserve of port with sufficient structure, fruit and power to age, produced from Taylor's own vineyards, laid aside to age in oak casks. Those that have reached their peak after thirty years are then blended together for balance and...